The dream begins, most of the time, with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you on to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called truth.

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

"Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace."

Those who know, do. Those who understand, teach.

It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well.

Source: resanskrit

True teachers use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create bridges of their own.

The end product of education should be a free creative man, who can battle against historical circumstances and adversities of nature.

The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence

On the eve of Teachers Day, I'm sharing some impactful quotes from prominent Indian personalities. 

NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS

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